diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index c1b35c737..b5a49add4 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 
 <listitem><para>July  7th, 2005 [manuel]: Revised packages and patches
 sizes. Using the lfs-packages-6.1.tar package and `du -k` to
-meassure it.</para></listitem>
+meassure it. Fixed beginpage tags for PDF output. Removed blank pages
+in PDF output for non-published versions.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>July  6th, 2005 [archaic]: Added security patch for zlib.
 </para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml b/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml
index 7c0b2e5b6..b5dac5d32 100644
--- a/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ target now because the compiler being used to compile this GCC was
 built from the exact same version of the GCC sources used
 earlier.</para>
 
+<beginpage/>
+
 <para>Compilation is now complete. As previously mentioned, running
 the test suites for the temporary tools compiled in this chapter is
 not mandatory. To run the GCC test suite anyway, use the following
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index 87df36dda..b2b8b94bd 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ libpthread.[a,so], libresolv.[a,so], librpcsvc.a, librt.[a,so],
 libthread_db.so, and libutil.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
 </segmentedlist>
 
+<beginpage/>
+
 <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml
index e06674759..480ab92ab 100644
--- a/chapter06/shadow.xml
+++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ file while copying it to its destination:</para>
 rm /lib/libshadow.so
 ln -sf ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.so</userinput></screen>
 
+<beginpage/>
+
 <para>The <parameter>-D</parameter> option of the
 <command>useradd</command> program requires the <filename
 class="directory">/etc/default</filename> directory for it to work
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml
index e8abf06d9..20075c0e8 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ reference:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cp .config /boot/config-&linux-version;</userinput></screen>
 
+<beginpage/>
+
 <para>It is important to note that the files in the kernel source
 directory are not owned by <emphasis>root</emphasis>. Whenever a
 package is unpacked as user <emphasis>root</emphasis> (like we did